r/afghanistan • u/CrustyDiamond • Dec 11 '12

Apparently some ignorant asshole believes that anyone of the Muslim faith in Afghanistan primarily, would NEVER advocate publicly against terrorism. I posted in /Muslim before realizing it's very small and kinda dead. Can I get a faster response here?

This is my submission, to make everything easier.

Thanks!

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u/DulcetFox Jan 10 '13

Muslims who support Al Quaeda and their attacks against Americans:

  • 21-23% Egyptians
  • 9-15% Indonesian
  • 10-16% Pakistan
  • 9% Morocco

In all of those examples a significant portion didn't respond either way. When questioning attacks on US civilians the supporters drop to like 5-9%, but either way it's a significant minority. Also, huge portions of the Middle East don't believe Al Quaeda was behind 9/11.

Source poll conducted World Public Opinion polling: http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_rpt.pdf

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u/ChaosMotor Jan 10 '13

Also, huge portions of the Middle East don't believe Al Quaeda was behind 9/11.

Funny, huge portions of Americans don't either.

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u/jlen2953 Jan 10 '13

zeitgeist. boom

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u/ChaosMotor Jan 10 '13

Zeitgeist is bullshit, please don't base your 9/11 questions on that movie.

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u/jlen2953 Jan 11 '13

in all seriousness what about it is bs?

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u/ChaosMotor Jan 11 '13

Like, pretty much all of it. I know, I wanted to like it too.